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thank you, all three. >> thank you. >> ifill: elections don't just give ususew elected officials, they also give us lots of information about the country. dante chinni of patchwork nation starts to analyze some of that data on the rundown. >> woodruff: beyond the presidential contest, voters tuesday chose members of congress and senators in a pitched battle for control. jeffrey brown has our story. >> brown: senate democrats had cause to celebrate last night and again today, when the last two races were called. montana senator jon tester kept his seat after a tough re- election fight and heidi heitkamp emerged the victor in a close race in north dakota. as a result, democrats will hold 53 seats in the new senate that convenes in january-- a gain of two. republicans will have 45. two seats will be filled by independents, and at least one of them will caucus with democrats. many of the democrats' big wins were by women. elizabeth warren unseated incumbent republican scott brown in massachusetts. >> you took on the powerful wall street banks and special interests and you let them know you
thank you, all three. >> thank you. >> ifill: elections don't just give ususew elected officials, they also give us lots of information about the country. dante chinni of patchwork nation starts to analyze some of that data on the rundown. >> woodruff: beyond the presidential contest, voters tuesday chose members of congress and senators in a pitched battle for control. jeffrey brown has our story. >> brown: senate democrats had cause to celebrate last night and again...
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president clinton got re-elected too, i know, but only barack obama got re-elected with not just big electoral college margins, but also with majority wins in the popular vote, twice. the guy who predicted this outcome, almost exactly, is nate silver, of course, who writes the political statistics blog, 538 at "the new york times." for accurately predicting, it appears, the exact outcome of the race, and i mean down to every single state. we'll see about florida. nate was, of course, pilloried, pilloried on the right and by right-leaning beltway media types, including politico g.com for having the audacity to print what his poll averages told him was about to happen. but nate was right, the polls were right, even without florida being decided, we now know that president obama won in pretty much exactly the way the state-by-state polls said he was going to win. he won with more than 300 electoral votes. it was not magic, it was just math. math that was completely invisible to the political right. >> i believe the minimum result will be 53-47 romney, over 300 electoral votes, and the r
president clinton got re-elected too, i know, but only barack obama got re-elected with not just big electoral college margins, but also with majority wins in the popular vote, twice. the guy who predicted this outcome, almost exactly, is nate silver, of course, who writes the political statistics blog, 538 at "the new york times." for accurately predicting, it appears, the exact outcome of the race, and i mean down to every single state. we'll see about florida. nate was, of course,...
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and we are going to continue to defeat them in election after election after election, until they do get it. the entire republican platform needs to change. i have never seen, honestly, such a viciously anti-woman set of policies as what is contained in republican platform. and frankly, until that changes, we'll be working to defeat candidates that uphold that kind of a platform. >> you know, even scott brown of massachusetts, considered a more mainstream republican, lost his race in that state last night. he voted for the blunt amendment and against paycheck fairness. shouldn't republicans take a hint? i mean, i hope they don't, seriously. because they're just going to be, eventually, cycle after cycle, voted out. because, i think the american people do get this, the majority do get it. it will be a matter of time. they really do need to change, don't they? >> they really do. and i think what really helped the democrats is that the democrats were willing to talk about it. president obama talked about his support for the paycheck fairness act, which is the next step after passing lil
and we are going to continue to defeat them in election after election after election, until they do get it. the entire republican platform needs to change. i have never seen, honestly, such a viciously anti-woman set of policies as what is contained in republican platform. and frankly, until that changes, we'll be working to defeat candidates that uphold that kind of a platform. >> you know, even scott brown of massachusetts, considered a more mainstream republican, lost his race in that...
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election related?at >> so, stew, is what we saw today in the stock market, with the selloff, the reaction to status quo. >> no. i think that is an overstatement. i think it is more of a reaction to what happened in europe, where the e.u. central banker said that germany was not looking so hot. >> so instead of reacting to the election, it was europe in your analysis. let's talk about the economy here, though, with the fiscal clip. you heard john boehner willing to accept new revenue. heaharry reid in the senate, saying you can't push us around anymore. is this language that begins compromise. >> it will begin compromise, but it may be far more horrowing. it may be it takes place next year, rather than this year. the problem is john boehner himself has one more election. he wants to be re-elected as speaker of the house. that does not take place until january 3, 2013. if he cuts a deal with barack obama, he faces a serious revolt in his own caucus. >> tom: is your caution then don't expect a fiscal clip
election related?at >> so, stew, is what we saw today in the stock market, with the selloff, the reaction to status quo. >> no. i think that is an overstatement. i think it is more of a reaction to what happened in europe, where the e.u. central banker said that germany was not looking so hot. >> so instead of reacting to the election, it was europe in your analysis. let's talk about the economy here, though, with the fiscal clip. you heard john boehner willing to accept new...
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, and then re-electing barack obama. >> right. >> when they tried to apply this to an election that didn't have barack obama on the ballot -- >> that's right. >> we've had this experiment. it was called the 2010 mid-terms. it didn't work. can this become transferable to -- and become the democratic party's method for the next decade? >> yes. the way i would look at it, i would look at the way the campaign went after latino voters in particular. right? african-american voters, you have barack obama -- >> that was unique. that probably sort of charged the game in virginia or ohio. >> you're not going to get a 15% bump in african-americans from ohio with some other random white guy who shows up. you want to go after issues that are important. i think democrats are also going to have to figure out how do we talk more to working class white voters and get them -- >> funny you say that. do you think the democratic party should look at the white male vote and be concerned in the same way republicans are lookingality the latino vote? >> absolutely. from just a mechanics perspective we have to figu
, and then re-electing barack obama. >> right. >> when they tried to apply this to an election that didn't have barack obama on the ballot -- >> that's right. >> we've had this experiment. it was called the 2010 mid-terms. it didn't work. can this become transferable to -- and become the democratic party's method for the next decade? >> yes. the way i would look at it, i would look at the way the campaign went after latino voters in particular. right?...
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this was a generous election. forget this talk of sharp elb s elbows, every man for his himself, grab your tax cut and head out on your own. all the nastiness we heard only served to excite and energize the people it was aimed at, only served to turn off the people and said none of that for me. that sounds like uncle what's his name stuff, i don't buy it, i'm not going to buy it. so we go off to this new era of hope. a time to work and think and keep on deciding. we ain't going back because as we decided on tuesday, back just isn't what it was supposed to be, was it? joining me is republican strategist john feary and democratic strategist bob shrum. did you hear that feehery. the republican party can no longer count on white voters to carry them in elections. it dropped two points from 2008 numbers from 72% -- actually went to 72% from 74%. while the minority percentages steadily is rising. here is how the 2012 election broke down by racial group. president obama won just 39% of the white vote down from 49% last t
this was a generous election. forget this talk of sharp elb s elbows, every man for his himself, grab your tax cut and head out on your own. all the nastiness we heard only served to excite and energize the people it was aimed at, only served to turn off the people and said none of that for me. that sounds like uncle what's his name stuff, i don't buy it, i'm not going to buy it. so we go off to this new era of hope. a time to work and think and keep on deciding. we ain't going back because as...
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is himed and herself elected as well. i just hope that the republicans would learn, and the democrats as well, from the great lesson of ronald reagan. take one of e ea conservative icon's words, someone who is with us 80% of the time, he is our ally and friend-- or she is ally and friend now that there are so many women in the senate-- and not our opponent, not a traitor. and i think this has punished the republicans in their nominating process. i think sometimes it punishes the teams, this idea of ideological purity, and i hope that can be somehow submerged as we try and fashion and craft compromises that are difficult, the thorniest of problemsor the-- that congress has confronted in reap history. >> woodruff: david, do you think that's possible? do you think it will happen? >> i think it's possible. it's a huge advantage that boehner and obama have been through this once. the policy document documents ag there in the white house, they're sitting there on capitol hill. they've got all the statements. they have made big
is himed and herself elected as well. i just hope that the republicans would learn, and the democrats as well, from the great lesson of ronald reagan. take one of e ea conservative icon's words, someone who is with us 80% of the time, he is our ally and friend-- or she is ally and friend now that there are so many women in the senate-- and not our opponent, not a traitor. and i think this has punished the republicans in their nominating process. i think sometimes it punishes the teams, this...
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be re-elected. >> barack obama will be re-elected. mitt romney will come up a loser. >> it's a perplexing time for many of us right now. >> president obama's victory was a popularity contest. [ buzzer ] >> republicans, there is no way after holding out on obama after two years they're going to cave in. >> it's a mandate for us to work together. >> our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> we are an american family, and we rise and fall together as one nation. >> i'm leading. >> it's a legitimate rape. the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down. >> things aren't going to turn out the way you think they are going to. >> even when life begins in a horrible situation of rape, got intended it to happen. >> i'm for richard mourdock for senate. >> we'll fight our way back. and we know in our hearts for the united states of america the best is yet to come. [ cheering ] >> cenk: my favorite is the herman cane clip. this is not a popularity contest. well, it kind of is
be re-elected. >> barack obama will be re-elected. mitt romney will come up a loser. >> it's a perplexing time for many of us right now. >> president obama's victory was a popularity contest. [ buzzer ] >> republicans, there is no way after holding out on obama after two years they're going to cave in. >> it's a mandate for us to work together. >> our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> we are an american family, and we...
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going into the election. in fact, two weeks ago, before the hurricane, erin, we were up by three to five points in swing states and we thought we were heading towards a victory, so i'm not going to recriminate. we've just got to realize what he did right, wrong, improve and do a better job of delivering the message. but hand it to the president for running a good closing argument and good ground game. >> what does someone like you think about 2016? you're one of the names that could be running. what are you focusing on? is it really focus all the time on reaching out on immigration and to hispanics? >> i think it's 24 hours after the polls close, so i'm not thinking about 2016. i'm thinking about virginia with a legislative session coming up, but i think the future of the party is with republican governors. we may have 31 when washington state finishes counting on friday. and i think that the leaders that are in our party that are conservatives that are ceos of the states balancing budgets without raising tax
going into the election. in fact, two weeks ago, before the hurricane, erin, we were up by three to five points in swing states and we thought we were heading towards a victory, so i'm not going to recriminate. we've just got to realize what he did right, wrong, improve and do a better job of delivering the message. but hand it to the president for running a good closing argument and good ground game. >> what does someone like you think about 2016? you're one of the names that could be...
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they re-elected president obama and they again re-elected a public majority in the house of representatives. there's a mandate for us to find a way to work together on the solutions to the challenges that we all face as a nation. >> the democratic leader of the senate harry reid also expressed a desire to xroe mis-- compromi. now americans know they can't defeat obama now they need to put attention on meeting somewhere in the middle on important issues. >> this is a message american people sent from all over. that is they are tired of these partisan grid locks. they are tired of things like well i have one goal to meet be obama. that's gone. obama was re-elected overwhe overwhelmi overwhelmingly. american people want us to work together. >> we will find out soon if there will be compromise like both of the leaders that they both said because we are less than two months away from the fiscal cliff. long-term unemployment benefits $55 billion in cuts to the defense programs and another 55 million in cuts for domestic programs. >> thank you so much, peter. >> now americans have to focus on the
they re-elected president obama and they again re-elected a public majority in the house of representatives. there's a mandate for us to find a way to work together on the solutions to the challenges that we all face as a nation. >> the democratic leader of the senate harry reid also expressed a desire to xroe mis-- compromi. now americans know they can't defeat obama now they need to put attention on meeting somewhere in the middle on important issues. >> this is a message american...
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i'm guessing on elections. i'm not an election near guy. but i do know it's patently unfair just to a good human being. the election, listen, i think this is where this country is at right now. you know, i don't know everybody else's political predlictions. yesterday some people think this was the day america has ever had. its proudest moment. i don't agree. i'm sorry. i know that's going to make me demonized. i know i'm going to be the object of revenge now. i'm not going to back off of it. i like a country where people bust their tukas. i think this country has gone a long way towards becoming more of a european model. i would say, once again, read the book amity slaz epps book the forgotten man. if you are out there right now making $45,000 a year busting your hump, being away from your family because it's in your hard drive to do the right thing, the right thing changed in this country yesterday. you can get close to that from the government. and i'm telling you when nancy pelosi said, kids, take some time off, read a book, learn an ins
i'm guessing on elections. i'm not an election near guy. but i do know it's patently unfair just to a good human being. the election, listen, i think this is where this country is at right now. you know, i don't know everybody else's political predlictions. yesterday some people think this was the day america has ever had. its proudest moment. i don't agree. i'm sorry. i know that's going to make me demonized. i know i'm going to be the object of revenge now. i'm not going to back off of it. i...
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have yourself a wonderful election night. >> it's election night, why did you tell me. i said no spoilers. this is the colbert report. >> jon: is that a spoiler alert. can i tell you who is the vampire. vampire the wear wolf. >> vampire. once again it's the colbert captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> the re-presidenting of america. ( laughter ) ( laughter ) ( laughter ) who will replace obama? ( crowd cheering )
have yourself a wonderful election night. >> it's election night, why did you tell me. i said no spoilers. this is the colbert report. >> jon: is that a spoiler alert. can i tell you who is the vampire. vampire the wear wolf. >> vampire. once again it's the colbert captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> the re-presidenting of america. ( laughter ) ( laughter ) ( laughter ) who will replace obama? ( crowd cheering )
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wisconsin elected tammy baldwin the first openly lesbian senator. sorry, lindsay graham. yeah. you missed the lindsay graham joke. it was a pretty good one. ( laughter ). perhaps the best news was in florida. after months of republican governor rick scott attempting to suppress democratic voter turnout, and attempting to decrease voter discomfort and my favorite introducing a 10-page novelette state ballot to people who couldn't handle a ( bleep ) one-page ballot. florida remains too close to call. what is the good news, you say? the election was decide without them. ( applause ) ( cheers ) for once, florida's cluster ( bleep ) is irrelevant. it's like hearing good news, america. the tumor on your dong is benign. ( laughter ). it's a joke about... come on. we're tired! for the most part, the news naeks acquitted themselves nicely with little of the early called controversy and malfunctions of years past, except b.m.n., bull ( bleep ) mountain news, who were caught flat foot bide a historic storm did spite all the evidence just days before, they never saw coming. >> i think mitt
wisconsin elected tammy baldwin the first openly lesbian senator. sorry, lindsay graham. yeah. you missed the lindsay graham joke. it was a pretty good one. ( laughter ). perhaps the best news was in florida. after months of republican governor rick scott attempting to suppress democratic voter turnout, and attempting to decrease voter discomfort and my favorite introducing a 10-page novelette state ballot to people who couldn't handle a ( bleep ) one-page ballot. florida remains too close to...
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the end result can be produced i mean there are many problems with the elections in united states . the fact that two parties dominate usually get ninety eight percent of the votes there are no no third parties no viable third parties which is pre-processing this self in many countries you can easily have six or seven parties in parliament united states you know do we have two so-called independent. the green party cannot be. a state governor so the two parties dominate the system and they walk together because they split the senate and the house pretty much down the middle and this is very convenient because they can blame the other for the mess that they have creatively they have joined the created so you know basically we have a system that is a movable and the disappointment comes every four years. people with this foss hope that things will change next time but nothing really changes ok you need to do that democrats or republicans crowd everybody out for historical reasons in part we have two parties but also the for the what's called the first past the post system that is the
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we're learning more about the president's re-election strategy. in the new yorker the biggest decision was to spend 20% of the total budget on a summer television advertising blitz attacking romney. the idea was to define rom nil early while he was recovering from the primary. with the celebration over, it's certainly back to work at the white house. topping the agenda, how the administration plans to work with a divided congress to vide the looming fiscal cliff. kristen welker joins me. the president has a trip planned already to myanmar on that trip agenda. what else do we know about this? >> reporter: tamron, this is big news. the white house announcing that president obama will visit myanmar in just about ten days. this, of course, comes after secretary of state hillary clinton visited several months ago. the united states has been working with this country in its transition to democracy. president obama expected to meet with the president of myanmar as well as pro-democracy leader sue chi. she was a nobel lawyer rate under house arrest for 20
we're learning more about the president's re-election strategy. in the new yorker the biggest decision was to spend 20% of the total budget on a summer television advertising blitz attacking romney. the idea was to define rom nil early while he was recovering from the primary. with the celebration over, it's certainly back to work at the white house. topping the agenda, how the administration plans to work with a divided congress to vide the looming fiscal cliff. kristen welker joins me. the...
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why did the election results send the market in a frenzy? or was it the election results? peter barnes is here. peter, i know 300 -- you say it will bounce right back up, right? >> uhhh,, in the long run maybe. >> greta: why? >> concerns over the fiscal cliff and whether that will be resolved in a timely manner. whether or not we will go off the cliff and send the economy into a recession. those are the warnings from the economists. and in europe, the recession is worst than had been thought. and our biggest market for our goods and services for american companies is europe. that means lower profits for american cutches and lower stock prices. >> greta: how did the banks do today? >> they got killed today. >> greta: why? >> because of the president's re-election meant that -- that the dodd-frank financial reforms, which are considered bad for banking, will stay in place. the president's not going to allow those to be repealed. governor romney ran on repealing dodd-frank as well as obamacare. and so we saw some health insurance stocks whacked today. obamacare not good for h
why did the election results send the market in a frenzy? or was it the election results? peter barnes is here. peter, i know 300 -- you say it will bounce right back up, right? >> uhhh,, in the long run maybe. >> greta: why? >> concerns over the fiscal cliff and whether that will be resolved in a timely manner. whether or not we will go off the cliff and send the economy into a recession. those are the warnings from the economists. and in europe, the recession is worst than...
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and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture the two thousand and twelve election is finally over as the last night turned out to be a big win for president obama and democrats across the country so what's next for the republican party and will republicans in congress finally start putting the country first and politics second that and more into the post election and later in the show we'll have a special post-election edition of your take my take live your chance to call in and ask a question or make a comment live on the air. you need to know this there's only one way to interpret what happened tuesday night and that is it was agonizing for progressives shortly after eleven pm last night the key battleground state of ohio was called for president obama pushing him over the two hundred seventy electoral college votes needed to win the white house but he didn't actually need ohio all eight battleground states went the president's way tuesday night and he also won the popular vote plain and simple this is a mandate for progressive change on top of that genuine progress and sco
and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture the two thousand and twelve election is finally over as the last night turned out to be a big win for president obama and democrats across the country so what's next for the republican party and will republicans in congress finally start putting the country first and politics second that and more into the post election and later in the show we'll have a special post-election edition of your take my take live your chance to call in and ask a...
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election giddiness -- giddiness of the election is wearing off as the country heads towards a fiscal precipe. congressional leaders ready to extend a lifeline? we'll discuss compromise with governor ed rendell, luke russert, joy reid. money can't buy you love or elections, at least this time around. outside spending's big fail. and author sasha isenbberg, all of that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. the capital one cash rewards card gives you 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more... [ midwestern/chicago accent ] cheddar! yeah! 50 percent more [yodeling] yodel-ay-ee-oo. 50% more flash. [ southern accent ] 50 percent more taters. that's where tots come from. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card gives you 1% cash back on every purchase plus a 50% annual bonus on the cash you earn. it's the card for people who like more cash. 50% more spy stuff. what's in your wallet? this car is too small. what's in your wallet? music is a universal language. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care system spoke
election giddiness -- giddiness of the election is wearing off as the country heads towards a fiscal precipe. congressional leaders ready to extend a lifeline? we'll discuss compromise with governor ed rendell, luke russert, joy reid. money can't buy you love or elections, at least this time around. outside spending's big fail. and author sasha isenbberg, all of that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. the capital one cash rewards card gives you 1% cash back on all purchases,...
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election. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is following this breaking story from the pentagon. >> reporter: at 4:50 a.m. november 1, days before the u.s. presidential election, two iranian su-25 frog foot fighter jets like these intercepted and fired twice upon an unmanned, unarmed u.s. m-2-1 predator drone over the persian gulf. it's the first time the iranians ever fired on a u.s. drone. the shots missed on both attempted. iran's fighter pilots briefly pursued the drone that landed safely at an undisclosed location. >> incident occurred over international waters. 16 nautical miles off the coastline. aircraft was never in iranian air space. it was always flying in international air space. the internationally recognized territorial limit is 12 nautical miles off the coast. we never entered the 12 nautical mile limit. >> asked whether the incident was an act of war, the pentagon spokesman said he would not legally label it. adding the state department had protested through the sw
election. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is following this breaking story from the pentagon. >> reporter: at 4:50 a.m. november 1, days before the u.s. presidential election, two iranian su-25 frog foot fighter jets like these intercepted and fired twice upon an unmanned, unarmed u.s. m-2-1 predator drone over the persian gulf. it's the first time the iranians ever fired on a u.s. drone. the shots missed on both attempted. iran's fighter pilots briefly pursued the drone...
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presidential election years with the big elect traoratelectorate. not the small electorate. >>> coming up, "the generals" best selling author will be here to explain america's greatest military leaders an why he says many of today's generals aren't up to par. >>> up next -- florida, florida, florida. florida, florida, florida! >> i heard something that hurt me. willie geist actually said that florida didn't matter on "way too early." well, my nose and face disagree. recount! they're talking about a recount. >> i don't want to see this. >> well, i do. >> obama senior campaign advisor david axelrod is here to try to settle his bet with joe. apparently you have to grow a mustache. i'm going to try and prevent this. i have a hope, a diplomatic solution. we'll be right back. hey. hey eddie. i brought your stuff. you don't have to do this. yes i do. i want you to keep this. it'd be weird. take care. you too. so how did it go? he's upset. [ male announcer ] spend less time at gas stations with best in class fuel economy. it's our most innovative altima eve
presidential election years with the big elect traoratelectorate. not the small electorate. >>> coming up, "the generals" best selling author will be here to explain america's greatest military leaders an why he says many of today's generals aren't up to par. >>> up next -- florida, florida, florida. florida, florida, florida! >> i heard something that hurt me. willie geist actually said that florida didn't matter on "way too early." well, my nose and...
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now, if you focus on this election, it's a landslide battleground election. we'll assume we have the president over the majority of the vote. by the way, there aren't many presidents who got the majority of the vote, including bill clinton, and we're seeing the number will go up. so i think his actual overall vote are instant. the underlying consequences of the trend are even more serious, and i think it's possible that people say, indeed, there needs to be some period of, you know, in the lame duck and maybe even early in the next year where republicans learn or seem to have learned. it is a misreading of the senate election to say it's status status quo. and it's misreading to say this is a nonevent because incumbents always get reelected. no oecd leader since the financial crisis has been reelected since merkel. incumbent leaders across the globe, this is a unique period, have gotten slaughtered, and it was amazing that this president got elected. and these forces that we've talked about -- including the republican brand -- enabled them to win this that co
now, if you focus on this election, it's a landslide battleground election. we'll assume we have the president over the majority of the vote. by the way, there aren't many presidents who got the majority of the vote, including bill clinton, and we're seeing the number will go up. so i think his actual overall vote are instant. the underlying consequences of the trend are even more serious, and i think it's possible that people say, indeed, there needs to be some period of, you know, in the lame...
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they were shocked by this election. they have to somehow fix the way they get information, because they only talk to each other. and they don't know what's going on in the real world. they were rudely awakened last night. >> what do you think it was like to be in that bubble with mitt romney in that time after it -- i call it the knockout, like the sixth round. all of a sudden midevening east coast time last night, it started to go in that direction, the democratic direction so powerfully. what do you think they were telling him when he's running around, this isn't supposed to happen, you guys were telling me i was winning this thing? >> i mean, i think they were still saying, yes, you have 12 divisions on the eastern front. i mean, until they actually heard the artillery -- i should stop with the -- >> i think hitler never works myself. it never works. you know that. anyway, look, dick morris -- let me give you a break. dick morris predicted a romney landslide last week. he said the polls were totally wrong. let's list
they were shocked by this election. they have to somehow fix the way they get information, because they only talk to each other. and they don't know what's going on in the real world. they were rudely awakened last night. >> what do you think it was like to be in that bubble with mitt romney in that time after it -- i call it the knockout, like the sixth round. all of a sudden midevening east coast time last night, it started to go in that direction, the democratic direction so...
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congratulations on your election and re-election. it's good to see you. let me ask you about the fiscal cliff. are you encouraged by what you heard from john boehner? >> i'm encouraged. i don't think there's any way we can go over the cliff. we can't afford to. i am encouraged by what i heard the speaker said. the only thing that struck me funny in how he expressed himself is in talking about this being the president's moment, that this was basically his responsibility. this is a shared responsibility, both house and senate leadership and the white house are going to have to come together. both parties are going to have to come together. these problems are simply too large for either party to solve alone. plainly, that's what the country wants us to do. >> you heard one of the things that speaker boehner did was he shot shouted out to the president this is your moment. let me read to you what gale collins said today. "in the past when these things came up, the president's failing was his inability to hide his contempt for many of the people that occupy ca
congratulations on your election and re-election. it's good to see you. let me ask you about the fiscal cliff. are you encouraged by what you heard from john boehner? >> i'm encouraged. i don't think there's any way we can go over the cliff. we can't afford to. i am encouraged by what i heard the speaker said. the only thing that struck me funny in how he expressed himself is in talking about this being the president's moment, that this was basically his responsibility. this is a shared...
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the election's all done. now the question, can democrats and republicans find a way to work together to move the country forward and solve some very serious problems? it is back to business for president obama after a hard fought election and the president says he is willing to compromise. >> in the weeks ahead i also look forward to sitting down with governor romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward. >> the most pressing issue on the table might be the so- called fiscal cliff. if congress doesn't do something, americans face a rollback of tabb cuts as well as big slashes to defense and social programs and although it has no impact on the outcome of the election, cbs news has not called the election in florida. two counties it seems are still counting their votes for president. overseas prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he'll continue to work with president obama to continue to protect israelis and china's leaders say they're optimistic that a second obama term will gi
the election's all done. now the question, can democrats and republicans find a way to work together to move the country forward and solve some very serious problems? it is back to business for president obama after a hard fought election and the president says he is willing to compromise. >> in the weeks ahead i also look forward to sitting down with governor romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward. >> the most pressing issue on the table might...
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the democrats won the election. i'm upset by the idea that we would try to make our fiscal policies more sound at the expense of our seniors. i don't understand why we want to do that. why are we taking to the people who have nothing to feed the rich? i don't get that. i don't understand. i'm against cuts and benefits to social security period. i'm against cuts to benefits of medicare period. we're not going to throw them off the train as long as i have something to say about it. >> eliot: which means you're going to propose and those who agree with you i'm one of them, a tax policy and tax plan that will take us in a progressive direction, close the loopholes will you layout in the white house and say here is the plan, the alternative plan that will get us where we need to go, and when will you do that for us? >> every year the progressive caucus has proposed an alternative budget. the idea that mitt romney should not be paying less taxes than the secretary who works for warren buffet or anyone else, the idea that
the democrats won the election. i'm upset by the idea that we would try to make our fiscal policies more sound at the expense of our seniors. i don't understand why we want to do that. why are we taking to the people who have nothing to feed the rich? i don't get that. i don't understand. i'm against cuts and benefits to social security period. i'm against cuts to benefits of medicare period. we're not going to throw them off the train as long as i have something to say about it. >>...
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he said that the american election system is outdated that the russian election system is much better that there's lots of irregularities in the american election system and the way it works and and well well actually he said he was ready to teach the americans found the power to really. go ahead with where with their elections well as a matter of fact many people inside united states themselves they complained specially this time long queues and the loss of the regular season stuff do you believe simon let's start with the that really the american system needs to be reformed somehow altered. yeah i mean i think there's some room for criticism certainly of the for example texas where the prosecutor came out against observers being allowed to polling stations you know that's that's not that's not polite for though as he of course observers should be allowed to take part so that kind of criticism is warranted and as always the discussion is alive and well about whether the electoral college. it's time to abolish that system we're going to run a little system yeah yeah i mean the system
he said that the american election system is outdated that the russian election system is much better that there's lots of irregularities in the american election system and the way it works and and well well actually he said he was ready to teach the americans found the power to really. go ahead with where with their elections well as a matter of fact many people inside united states themselves they complained specially this time long queues and the loss of the regular season stuff do you...
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we have a lot of governors up for re-election. a lot of republican governors up for re-election. we're looking at really putting together a good team for 2014. >> bill: already we're talking 2014. big night for women particularly democratic senators, stephanie from emily's list here continues with major garrett and you at the "full court press." join the conversation at 1-866-55-press. we'll find room for you at the table here somewhere. we'll squeeze you in. >> announcer: celebrating the re-election of barack obama. this is the "bill press show" live on your radio and on current tv. >>oh really? >>"if you ever raise taxes on >>the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is.
we have a lot of governors up for re-election. a lot of republican governors up for re-election. we're looking at really putting together a good team for 2014. >> bill: already we're talking 2014. big night for women particularly democratic senators, stephanie from emily's list here continues with major garrett and you at the "full court press." join the conversation at 1-866-55-press. we'll find room for you at the table here somewhere. we'll squeeze you in. >> announcer:...
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this is the first election in four previous elections where the share of the voting age population will decline, not increase. megyn: there has been soil searching in the republican party to diagnose the loss and try to prevent them. there are some saying the republican party, the conservatives need to shift to the middle. they have to get that 2 million or 3 million folks that didn't vote for them and the way of doing that is to shift on the middle on their principles. what say you? >> i don't agree with that. i think the republicans lost in this election because of two things. the obama campaign was very effective in keeping roughly 92% of the people who voted for president obama to vote for him again. but they didn't do a good job of growing the electorate. their margin is down million. and they cut their winning percentage over romney by 2/3 over what it was over john mccain. both parties have challenges. the only gripe they got more votes this time around than four years ago were among latinos. 700,000 more latinos voted the democratic than the year before. the president succeed by
this is the first election in four previous elections where the share of the voting age population will decline, not increase. megyn: there has been soil searching in the republican party to diagnose the loss and try to prevent them. there are some saying the republican party, the conservatives need to shift to the middle. they have to get that 2 million or 3 million folks that didn't vote for them and the way of doing that is to shift on the middle on their principles. what say you? >> i...
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>> stop [ bleep ] on my lawn. >> this election is over. >> just forget about the election. >> and get back to this. >> ow! charlie! that really hurt. >> so, i think what we're trying to say is -- >> please. i beg of you. >> leave me alone! >> and seriously who is [ bleep ] in my yard? >> this ad is paid by everyone. >> jimmy: forward that to your friends. you know, it turned out the election wasn't as close as a lot of people thought it would be. mitt romney, though he had to be disappointed, he gave a very nice concession speech. he congratulated the president. he urged americans to come together. if the speech was any indication, i have a feeling mitt romney is going to be just fine. >> i so wish i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction. but the nation chose another leader and so, ann and i join with you to earnestly pray for him and for this great nation. thank you and god bless america. you guys are the best. thank you. >> jimmy: awesome. if i knew he had a jet pack -- he should have mentioned that months ago. [ applause ] besides the pres
>> stop [ bleep ] on my lawn. >> this election is over. >> just forget about the election. >> and get back to this. >> ow! charlie! that really hurt. >> so, i think what we're trying to say is -- >> please. i beg of you. >> leave me alone! >> and seriously who is [ bleep ] in my yard? >> this ad is paid by everyone. >> jimmy: forward that to your friends. you know, it turned out the election wasn't as close as a lot of people...
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won re-election but could lose with the feds. >>> and election loser alan west won't go quietly. >>> plus today former congresswoman gabby giffords goes face to face with the man who tried to assassinate her. details are next. you're watching "early today." >>> plenty of other stories making news this morning. the chicago sunday times reports jesse jackson jr. is talking with federal prosecutors about a possible plea deal. jackson easily won re-election tuesday while being treated at the mayo clinic for by polar disorder and depression. the feds are looking into whether he improperly used campaign funds for decorating her home. >>> today for the first time after she was gunned down 22 months ago gabby giffords will come face to face with the man who tried to assassinate her. jared lock ner will be sentenced to life without pa roll. giffords husband, mark kelley, will also be in court reading a letter on his wife's behalf. >>> the election in florida is still too close to call in the presidential contest. and in another florida race, republican congressman alan west is demanding a rec
won re-election but could lose with the feds. >>> and election loser alan west won't go quietly. >>> plus today former congresswoman gabby giffords goes face to face with the man who tried to assassinate her. details are next. you're watching "early today." >>> plenty of other stories making news this morning. the chicago sunday times reports jesse jackson jr. is talking with federal prosecutors about a possible plea deal. jackson easily won re-election...
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it's also not just who you elect. they've elected several folks now, brian sandy val, marco cruz, a real effect on the party and moderate them with respect to the issues. >> thank you very much. thanks. and look forward to meeting you in person as you come to washington. lots of luck to you. >>> outgoing senator olympia snowe on the gridlock in washington and republican losses. >>> plus -- after a big election win what are the next legal challenges ♪ [ male announcer ] the way it moves. the way it cleans. everything about the oral-b power brush is simply revolutionary. oral-b power brushes oscillate, rotate and even pulsate to gently loosen and break up that sticky plaque with more brush movements than manual brushes and even up to 50% more than leading sonic technology brushes for a superior clean. oral-b power brushes. go to oralb.com for the latest offers. or treat gas with these after you get it. now that's like sunblock before or sun burn cream later. oh, somebody out there's saying, now i get it! take beano be
it's also not just who you elect. they've elected several folks now, brian sandy val, marco cruz, a real effect on the party and moderate them with respect to the issues. >> thank you very much. thanks. and look forward to meeting you in person as you come to washington. lots of luck to you. >>> outgoing senator olympia snowe on the gridlock in washington and republican losses. >>> plus -- after a big election win what are the next legal challenges ♪ [ male announcer ]...
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and along this path they can't win national elections. there will be a debate, then, on how you react to that. but i think the assumption will be broadly shared in the party. >> the post-mortem will take time. and among the questions the republicans will ask themselves, are the swing states really swing states? have the demographics been so profound, brian, at least when it comes to presidential races, blue states. >> absolutely, one of the many questions that the politicians will be going over as we come out of this, lester holt, thank you, and chuck todd last night in the engine room was watching this happen last night in the numbers in realtime as it happened. and chuck, you have more proof today. >> well, the obama campaign used a not so secret government document called the 2010 census. and essentially, what they saw in the state of florida, and they did it in the nine battleground states. but we are focusing on florida, because they're saying okay, we are not going to be able to carry any new counties. they won't expand the electora
and along this path they can't win national elections. there will be a debate, then, on how you react to that. but i think the assumption will be broadly shared in the party. >> the post-mortem will take time. and among the questions the republicans will ask themselves, are the swing states really swing states? have the demographics been so profound, brian, at least when it comes to presidential races, blue states. >> absolutely, one of the many questions that the politicians will...